Finder & Folder Search Issues on macOS Sequoia 15.3.1

I have been having this exact same issue since updating to 15.3.1. Note that now even RayCast cant search a thing... Also I am not using CleanMyMac. Worked before the update, now it no longer does...

Edit: Just did a shutdown again and it fixed the problem. Don't know why it didn't fix it the first time...

Updated yesterday. I can't do a basic file search in finder. What on earth....

Re: "When I search within a folder, no results are returned."

This particular ^issue^ is NOT related to CleanMyMac -- never heard of that program before finding this thread.

Just experienced the exact same ^issue^ on my computer with macOS v15.3 -- for any / every folder.

The other issues, don't know, could be CleanMyMac 🤷

If you need search capabilities (until Apple fixes this issue), use Terminal and the `find` command -- something like:

% find ~ -type f -name "My Filename*"

Just worked perfectly for me.

`find` is the command to be executed that searches from the command line

`~` is your user directory, can be replaced with absolute or relative path

`-type f` specifies you are looking for a file, not a directory (`-type d` for directories)

`-name "My Filename*"` is the file you are looking for where the filename starts with "My Filename", the asterisk is a wildcard for 'zero or more characters', using quotes makes looking for files with spaces in the name easier

The results will be less pretty and you will need to manually follow the outputted path in Finder if you are not a command line native user; could use Cmd+Shift+G in Finder and copy/paste the path in too.

Hope this helps 💪😎👍

Is this current issue some how related to this issue when using " CleanMyMac " application

QuickLookUIService Freezing and Finder-Re… - Apple Community

Apple may fix issues Directly related to the Operating System with we Lease from Apple

Though, when the User ( you ) install such an application as " BrickMyMac " aka CleanMyMac

Sorry but that is a Self Inflicted issue which could have been avoided

Once this type of software is installed and embedded into the computer >> CleanMyMac

Start Over from Scratch 

Heavy Handed - Yes ?

You can spend hours or days hunting down all the bits and pieces of this software and never really get it all off the computer

For Apple Silicon computer >> Use Disk Utility to erase a Mac with Apple silicon.

For Apple Intel computers >>   Use Disk Utility to erase an Intel-based Mac followed by How to reinstall macOS

Always make a Time Machine Backup  before  proceeding 

If going this route - I suggest Not using Startup Assist to migrate everything back.

This will probably Re-Introduce ( CleanMyMac ) back into the Operating System 

I just tried searching in a PDF document for the word "solicit" and instead of finding any words that contain that string (e.g. solicit, soliciting, solicitation, etc.) it highlighted words containing "sol" or "soli", etc. This is a sort of inversion of the search principle.

Issues for me too for weeks now. Finder sort by always reverts back to name no matter how many times i change it. Also, sort by name doesn't even sort by name/ stuff is out of order.